Satellite News

Calian Technologies Ltd. announced that Inmarsat has awarded a major contract to SED Systems , a division of Calian to provide new Ground Earth Stations (GES) that will support the delivery of classic aeronautical services over the Inmarsat-4 satellites.

Intelsat, Ltd. and iDirect Inc., a company of VT Systems Inc. (VT Systems) announced the launch of World Vision’s global network, SandukaNet. World Vision is a global relief and development agency.

Intelsat, Ltd. and European satellite uplink services provider SISLink have formed a strategic alliance to launch an HD-ready automated video delivery service for satellite newsgathering (SNG) users in the United States.

Newtec, Belgium, announced a deal with Greek-Cypriot satellite operator Hellas Sat to deploy its two-way satellite multimedia broadband system, Sat3Play, to residential users throughout Greece and all remote islands, much in lack of terrestrial broadband.

Iridium Satellite LLC announced financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ending 31 December 2007.

In its most definitive statement yet on the outcome of the “shootdown” of the failed NRO-L21 (USA 193) spy satellite over the Pacific on 21 February (UTC), the U.S. Department of Defense said that based on debris analysis it is clear that the Navy missile destroyed the spacecraft’s fuel tank.

The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is scheduled to launch a classified spacecraft payload, NROL-28, on 29 February during a launch period from 0800 to 1200 UTC.

Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries expects to win its first orders for commercial satellite launches with its H-IIA rocket from foreign companies, its president said.